U.S. Navy Frogmen - Part 1

Made in 1957, this amazing U.S. Navy film showcases the pre-cursors to the SEALs, the UDTs or Underwater Demolition Teams. Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) conducted beach reconnaissance, cable and net cutting, explosive destruction of underwater obstacles for amphibious landings, limpet mine attacks, submarine operations, and the locating and marking of mines for minesweepers. They also conducted river surveys and foreign military training. While doing this, the UDTs pioneered combat swimming, closed-circuit diving, underwater demolitions, and midget submarine (dry and wet submersible) operations. Many of these capabilities are shown in this film, which likely inspired Hollywood to create "Sea Hunt" and might have been fodder for Ian Fleming as well. An especially interesting segment shows UDTs deploying from a submerged GUPPY-class submarine, a strategy they famously employed during the Korean War to raid enemy railways.

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[realeques]

Haha frogmen is a funny name. Literally translated we germans call them combat-swimmer

[Algastar]

@spacepatrolman It's an acronym for Sea Air Land, and it fits them nicely...

[spacepatrolman]

@Algastar They should go back to calling themselves frogmen a seal is something in a circus chrissie hynde wont like it and the british pansies in WW2 called themselves seals

[Algastar]

these guys evolved into the badass Navy SEALs that I love, hooyah

[GelandnaleG]

3:45pm Friday (CST) - Time in FRADIOMFROGMAN

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3:45pm Friday (CST) - Time in FRADIOMFROGMAN